This Intel site has examples of assessment plans for elementary and secondary. There is also a tab for assessment strategies. The completed plans have curriculum framing questions an assessment timeline and links to clearly define what was part of each specific assessment on the timeline.
"The Lawrence Hall of Science is a great educational website from University of California, Berkeley. It provides a wide variety of resources to engage kids and students in learning science. It also offers 'a comprehensive set of programs to help increase the quality and quantity of great science learning that kids get both in and out of school.' As a teacher, you can use The Lawrence Hall of Science to look for activities and experiments to enrich your lesson plans. Use the tabs on the top of the website to easily browse through the materials it has."
Terminix has launched an educational website with insect lessons. The website is built around the character Harry, a praying mantis who guides visitors through resources for teachers and students. The educator center provides teachers with curriculum guides and lesson plans, created by entomologists at Audubon Insectarium and Terminix, that correlate with National Science Teacher Association standards.
"The objective of this site is to provide teachers with source materials, lesson
plans and classroom activities for all grades K-12. This site is designed to
help busy teachers use their time efficiently. The indexed websites are not
organized by grades as each website listed may have several resources for
different ages.guide."
Mathalicious is really cool site. Users select their math topic and then are given real life situations where the math is used. It appears each situation comes with a complete lesson plan, with essential questions and all informtion that the teacher will need. The lessons are not just for math teachers but go across varied content topics, but relate back to math.
Study Ladder is filled with free activities created by educators. The activities are categorized by content areas. Within the categories items are broken down by topic or grade level. It's a free resource, thousands of activities are available.
Study Ladder is filled with free activities created by educators. The activities are categorized by content areas. Within the categories items are broken down by topic or grade level. It's a free resource, thousands of activities are available.